"It's not really the honey, it's about the pollination services, so if you think about the almond crop out in California it's entirely dependent on the honey bee for pollination," said Rachel MaKarrall, entomology instructor at UMD.

The three main phenomena's that affect bee's populations are disease, habitat loss, and the use of pesticides

Honey bees contribute upwards of 20 billion dollars in pollination services to the economy, but the bee population is in decline, which could have some detrimental effects.

"Bees ensure that plants can reproduce from year to year, but if you think about all the plants that surround us, not only the ones we grow for food but also the ones out in nature, if we can't reproduce from year to year, there's some pretty serious effects there," said MaKarrall.

A Beekeeper's main goal is to extract honey and wax for commercial use leaving a lasting impression on the surrounding environment.

"I'm convinced that it matters, not only do we have honey bees but I converted our yard which was nearly an acre of yard that I was mowing, I'm in the process of converting almost all of it to natural flowering plans," said Brian Roth, who has been raising bees as a hobby for the past four years.

"Also they need nesting sites, so if you can leave some dead standing trees, some brush piles some leaves and some stumps, that gives them some places to nest over winter," said McKarrall.